Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church to picket in Scotland

[w8liftinglady]

http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/5831/5/08/2011/anti-gay-westboro-baptist-church-to-picket-in-scotland.aspx

Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket in Edinburgh and Aberdeen at the end of October.


The church, which is based in Kansas, intends to picket at talks concerning the ordination of openly gay clergy within the Church of Scotland.


The first protest will be staged at the Church of Scotland Ecumenical Autumn Conference in Edinburgh on Friday 28 October. The extremist group will then picket at Queen’s Cross Church in Aberdeen on Sunday 30 October.


Speaking of the Church of Scotland’s ongoing dialogue about gay clergy, a Westboro Baptist Church press release states: “It’s starting to look like Scotland is doomed!”

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Will they be driving their Honda van across the Atlantic?

I sure hope so.

[Ian David]

2. As much as I hate these guys, I gotta say-- at least they get to see the world. n/t

[LeftinOH]

3. Do foreigners have the right to "free speech" in the UK? Are people allowed into

another country specifically to do this? Canada wouldn't let the Phelpsters cross their border, IIRC. Hopefully, the UK will deny them entry (but please only do it after they arrive in a UK airport, thus costing them thousands of dollars- all for naught).